Thomasomys praetor Thomas 1900

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1183

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scientific name	Thomasomys praetor Thomas 1900
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Thomasomys praetor Thomas 1900 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 5: 354.

Type Locality: Perú, Cajamarca Dept., páramo between Cajamarca and San Pablo, 4000 m.

Vernacular Names: Cajamarca Thomasomys.

Distribution: NW Perú; limits uncertain.

Discussion: Another of the large Thomasomys relegated to a subspecies of T. aureus by Cabrera (1961). Morphological contrasts sketched by Voss (2003), who acknowledged T. praetor as species.